September 24, 2012
True or false: TransLink hasn’t cut any costs in the last three years
There's always a lot of number crunching going on at TransLink We thought we'd run a quick poll as a fun way to talk about our draft 2013 Base…
September 19, 2012
Q&A with Geoff Cross, Senior Manager of Policy, TransLink Strategic Planning & Policy
As part of the release of the draft 2013 Base Plan, Jhen and I produced some videos that attempt to answer the bigger questions about transit in…
September 18, 2012
Burnaby Village Museum interurban anniversary
B.C. Electric's interurban train 1223 circa 1930. Image 204-375 courtesy of the City of Burnaby Archives. We're very pleased to welcome Lisa Codd…
September 17, 2012
TransLink’s draft 2013 Base Plan
The draft 2013 Base Plan Today, TransLink has released a very important document that lays out our plan for the next three years of transit in Metro…
September 11, 2012
Vancouver Sun article: on TransLink providing quality transit today and looking to the future
One of our busy 99 buses, with a crowd of bikes in front. The Vancouver Sun published an article today on the present state of TransLink's operations…
September 7, 2012
Links and tidbits for September 7, 2012
An interesting piece of subway art from New York based artist: Sophie Blackall. Thanks Translinked for the link! Here's another semi-regular roundup…
August 27, 2012
TransLink wins three 2012 APTA AdWheel Awards and one IABC Gold Quill Award including best blog, best Twitter channel and best Facebook campaign!
Our 2012 Gold Quill Award of Excellence! We got some great news this morning. We won three 2012 American Public Transportation Association (APTA)…
August 20, 2012
Links and tidbits for Mon Aug 20, 2012
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten from Focus Forward Films on Vimeo. Here's our semi-regular roundup of interesting tidbits and links…
August 14, 2012
Join the Bus Stop Hop on Sat Aug 18, 2012!
Join in the Bus Stop Hop! Get on board the Bus Stop Hop on Saturday, August 18, 2012! The Bus Stop Hop is an annual Amazing-Race-style event to…
August 13, 2012
The first faregate is installed at Marine Drive Station
The first faregate was installed at Marine Drive Station this afternoon. We installed the first faregate at Marine Drive Station today, Monday August…
August 2, 2012
Building a better transit line: how location and land use make or break good transit service
Buses on the 9 and the 99 routes battling traffic. This post is part of a series about Managing the Transit Network: all about how TransLink plans…
July 30, 2012
Links and tidbits for Mon July 30, 2012
Derek Cheung has a trolley print and he's looking to identify the artist. Details below --- let us know if you have any info! Here's our…
July 18, 2012
I Love Transit 2012: An interview with Rebecca Bollwitt, owner and operator of Miss 604
If you've read only one Metro Vancouver blog in your lifetime (besides the Buzzer of course), chances are it was the very popular Miss 604. Rebecca's…
July 17, 2012
I Love Transit 2012: an interview with Taras Grescoe, author of Straphanger
Straphanger by Taras Grescoe. Author Taras Grescoe! For I Love Transit 2012, I'm proud to present an interview with Taras Grescoe, author of the new…
July 16, 2012
I Love Transit Week 2012 is here! Win a FareCard + morning survival prize pack!
The morning commute survival prize pack: tweet to win! We have a winner! We had over 300 entries in the contest---and the winner of our draw was…
